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Arturo Garcia A Columbia, South Carolina sheriffs deputy can be seen throwing a female student to the ground in video posted online by New York Daily News writer Shaun King. The footage shows the officer approaching the student at Spring Valley High before grabbing her and wrapping an arm around her head and neck. The

Arturo Garcia Creationist Ken Ham launched another attack against Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye on Sunday after Nye released a short video explaining key things to remember about climate change, the Friendly Atheist reported. We dont need to be concerned about drastic climate change, Ham wrote on his blog. Our climate, and the checks and

Reuters Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions. The proliferation of firearms is one of the factors behind a rise in homicide rates in many U.S. cities this year, according to senior law enforcement

Leaders in pediatric health are calling for the U.S. government to tighten regulations on cigarettes and tobacco products. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to create strict guidelines for the marketing and sales of these products. The recommendations, presented at the National Conference & Exhibitions of the

Reuters Loud, smelly people could be asked to leave buses and light rail trains in Sacramento under new rules to be considered by transportation officials Monday night, the latest in a series of steps to make Californias capital city more transit-friendly. The proposals come as Sacramento enjoys a downtown building boom that will eventually add

Reuters A 40-year-old man armed with a handgun shot himself in the head on Monday afternoon when confronted by police responding to reports of shots fired at a business in Bettendorf, Iowa, a city spokeswoman said. The shooting happened minutes after a white man matching his description fired several shots a few miles away at

Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives approved a motion to bring the Export-Import Banks revival to a vote on Monday, bypassing House Financial Services Committee Jeb Hensarling, who has fought to close the trade lending agency. The 246-177 vote on the rarely used procedural motion united Democrats and Republicans in support of EXIM. The House

Arturo Garcia Richland County, South Carolina Deputy Ben Fields  who was filmed throwing a female high school student to the ground on Monday  is already being sued in federal court for allegedly targeting black students, Heavy reported. The suit, which is scheduled to go to trial in January, stated that Fields recklessly targets

Agence France-Presse Comedian and political neophyte Jimmy Morales, elected president of Guatemala in a landslide, faced the morning-after challenge Monday of restoring confidence in a state ravaged by corruption, gang violence and poverty. The 46-year-old conservative swept to victory Sunday on a tide of voter outrage over a corruption scandal that felled his predecessor, Otto

Spelling errors and other ambiguities in text stood in the way of the approval of a constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana in Arkansas, reported the Associated Press. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge cited the mistakes and discrepancies Monday as the reason for rejecting the proposal for the second time. JUST IN: Arkansas AG rejects proposed constitutional

The threat of a massive asteroid making a close approach to Earth on Halloween is a bit of spooky news, but theres a new object on its way that will actually hit Earth next month. WT1190F is a tiny, mysterious object recently spotted by telescopes that will hit Earth on November 13. Luckily, its less a

Arturo Garcia Officials in Las Vegas are citing operator error in the death of a 24-year-old woman found inside a cryotherapy chamber at a business where she was the manager, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. According to the state Occupation Safety and Heath Administration, Chelsea Ake-Salvacion was in the machine for more than 10 hours